Social dynamics

Social dynamics / edited by Steven N. Durlauf and H. Peyton Young.

Economists have traditionally studied aggregate behavior as the outcome of individual decisions made interactively, while sociologists have focused on the role of social influences on individual behavior. Over the past decade, however, the barriers between the disciplines have broken down, resulting...

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Other Authors: Durlauf, Steven N. (Editor), Young, H. Peyton, 1945- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2001.
Series:MIT Press series on economic learning and social evolution.
Subjects:
Social interaction.
Social interaction > Economic aspects.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Economics > Sociological aspects
Social interaction
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Table of Contents:
  • The new social economics / Steven N. Durlauf and H. Peyton Young
  • The interactions-based approach to socioeconomic behavior / Lawrence E. Blume and Steven N. Durlauf
  • Policy interventions, low-level equilibria, and social interactions / Robert A. Moffitt
  • Measuring social interactions / Edward L. Glaeser and José A. Scheinkman
  • The dynamics of conformity / H. Peyton Young
  • Individual interactions, group conflicts, and the evolution of preferences / Samuel Bowles
  • The emergence of classes in a multi-agent bargaining model / Robert L. Axtell, Joshua M. Epstein, and H. Peyton Young
  • The breakdown of social contracts / Ken Binmore.

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